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10 Nov 1903

Japan
28 Dec 1903

Japan
  • Rear Admiral Shinkichi Mukaiyama was made the commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
11 May 1905

Japan
15 May 1908

Japan
  • Rear Admiral Takeichiro Kitakoga was made the commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
28 Aug 1908

Japan
9 Apr 1910

Japan
11 Mar 1911

Japan
1 Dec 1911

Japan
1 Dec 1913

Japan
3 Dec 1915

Japan
15 Mar 1916

Japan
1 Dec 1916

Japan
4 Sep 1918

Japan
1 Dec 1920

Japan
  • Engineering Rear Admiral Tamotsu Niratsuka was made the commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
1 Dec 1921

Japan
  • Engineering Rear Admiral Sadago Okazaki was made the commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
1 Dec 1922

Japan
21 Jun 1924

Japan
  • Engineering Captain Nobuta Kishimoto was made the commanding officer of Maizuru work department in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
1 Dec 1925

Japan
26 Aug 1927

Photo(s) dated 26 Aug 1927
Light cruiser Jintsu damaged after colliding with destroyer Warabi during training exercise in night of 24 Aug 1927, Maizuru, Japan, circa 26 Aug 1927
10 Dec 1928

Japan
30 Nov 1929

Japan
9 Apr 1933

Japan
6 May 1934

Japan
1 Dec 1937

Japan
20 Sep 1939

Japan
1 Dec 1939

Japan
  • Tenryu was assigned to Maizuru Naval District, Japan for service as a guard ship and training vessel for the Japanese Navy Engineering Academy. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
15 Nov 1940

Japan
15 Oct 1941

Japan
23 May 1942

Japan
3 Jun 1942

Japan
5 Jun 1942

Japan
13 Jun 1942

Japan
15 Jun 1942

Japan
21 Jun 1942

Japan
26 Jun 1942

Japan
6 Jul 1942

Japan
7 Jul 1942

Japan
  • Captain Ryuji Nakazato was named the commanding officer of Naka while the ship was at Maizuru, Japan. ww2dbase [Naka | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
14 Jul 1942

Japan
  • Masaichi Niimi was named the commander-in-chief of the Maizuru Naval District in Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
1 Oct 1942

Japan
  • Captain Banjiro Takagi was named the commanding officer of Naka while the ship was at Maizuru, Japan. ww2dbase [Naka | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
25 Feb 1943

Japan
  • Captain Yoshijiro Imaizumi was named the commanding officer of Naka while the ship was at Maizuru, Japan. ww2dbase [Naka | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
1 Apr 1943

Japan
  • Naka was assigned to Japanese 14th Cruiser Division while the ship was at Maizuru, Japan. ww2dbase [Naka | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
5 Apr 1943

Japan
10 Mar 1944

Japan
1 May 1945

Japan
  • Vice Admiral Yoshiharu Kobayashi was made the commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
14 May 1945

Japan
16 May 1945

Japan
21 Jun 1945

Japan
22 Jun 1945

Japan
  • I-14 arrived at Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [I-14 | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
2 Jul 1945

Japan
4 Jul 1945

Japan
8 Jul 1945

Japan
13 Jul 1945

Japan
  • I-400 departed Nanao Bay and arrived at Maizuru, Japan. ww2dbase [I-400 | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
  • I-401 departed Nanao Bay and arrived at Maizuru, Japan. ww2dbase [I-401 | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
18 Jul 1945

Japan
  • The air groups of submarines I-400 and I-401 held a farewell dinner in Maizuru, Japan before their planned suicide mission against Ulithi, Caroline Islands. Lieutenant Commander Nobukiyo Nambu, commanding officer of I-401, secretly invited some of the airmen's family members as a nice gesture. ww2dbase [Nobukiyo Nambu | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
19 Jul 1945

Japan
  • In a ceremony held by the air groups of submarines I-400 and I-401 in Maizuru, Japan, each of the airmen received a special short sword from Vice Admiral Tadashige Daigo before they embarked on their suicide mission against Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
21 Jul 1945

Japan
10 Sep 1945

Japan
1 Nov 1945

Japan
  • Vice Admiral Yoshiharu Kobayashi stepped down as the last commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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